Licates
Sign in to saveThe Licates (Gaulish: *Licatis 'those of the Licca' or 'those of the rock') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the Lech river during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
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The Licates (Gaulish: *Licatis 'those of the Licca' or 'those of the rock') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper valley of the Lech river during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
== Name == They are mentioned as Likátioi (Λικάτιοι; var. -ττ-) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD), as Licates by Pliny (1st c. AD), and as Likátoi (Λικάτοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).
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